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Historical Event on 10/17/1915

Virendra Kumar Jain, great Hindi writer, was born in Mandsaur.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/13/1899Pandurang Satu Naik, famous film photographer of Indian film industry, was born.
9/19/1937Vishnu Narayan Matkhande passed away.
3/18/1996President confers gallantry awards on 65 personnel of the defence forces.
10/22/1913Harumal Sadarangani, famous Sindhi writer, was born at Sind, Pakistan.
9/25/2000A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.
9/12/1971Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.
12/21/1956The Hindu Adoption Sub-Act 1956 was accepted.
6/2/1992The government accepts all the 15 recommendations of the Janakiraman Committee which unearthed massive collusion of banks in the security scam.
6/18/1940Forward Block Party was established.
8/15/1994Sukumar Gupta, a socialist, dies.